Back
in the dark days before video, my dad used to bring out his trusty old
Super-8 movie camera to capture holidays and precious family moments.
One day when
I was 11,
my dad showed me how to use the camera to shoot stop motion animation.
And so ended any chance of me having a normal childhood. Here are a few
shorts from later in my "stop motion" phase. Believe me, there are many,
many, many more...

Go
Phar Productions Logo

One
day a co-worker jokingly referred to my animated film ventures as "Go
Far" Productions. I thought, why not? This was my animated company
logo.

33
West Program ID

33
West was a weekly cable access show spotlighting local music. They
aired a few music videos I produced for a friend's band. I decided
they needed some MTV-type show IDs. This was the first one I made
for them.

33
West Program ID #2

Captain
Caveman? Fred Flinstone's degenerate younger brother? No, this is
the second Program ID I made for 33 West. What can I say. I liked
animating dinosaurs.

Arctic
Ice Soda

Long
before the beer, there was Arctic Ice soft drink. Well, not really.
We made it up for a college advertising class project. This was our
fake TV spot. The rest of the class hated our group.

Bumblebee's
Command

I
was bored one week-end. so I decided to animate some of my Transformers.
In this adventure, Bumblebee has been given command of a remote base.
He must lead his troops to fight off an evil growling critter.

The
Palstar Adventure

Clips
from an unfinished sci-fi epic. The deep space tanker "Palstar" is
attacked by pirates, drained of fuel, and left adrift. The Space
Marines on board send a strike force to the pirate planet to steal
a ship.

College
Daze

Some
college students like to party. I liked animating giant stop motion
flies regurgitating on plastic soldiers. ASCAP please note, this
was just for fun, so please don't sue me for using copyrighted music.

Nickel
City Scene Program ID

Nickel
City Scene was my own local television show spotlighting regional
music. Here is a short program ID I animated that aired during our
first two seasons on CBS affiliate WIVB-TV.

The
Ark II

My
friend Mike and I made this film in 7th grade. At the time, we really
did have a wooden clubhouse we planned to turn into a space
craft and shoot into orbit. Unfortunately, SpaceShipOne beat us to
it.

Evolution
or Creation: the Ultimate Question

My
friend Mike and I had a project due in religion class. Let's see...
write a paper or animate dinosaurs? Here the clay dinos watch as
a giant asteroid is about to kick off the Ice Age. Special guest
appearance by my dad as "God".